certainly one of the strongest and most independent natures I ever came across." H. R. Haweis. —
To come after.
(a) To follow. (b) To come to take or to obtain; as, to come after a book. — To
come again, to return. "His spirit came again and he revived." Judges. xv. 19. - - To come and go.
(a) To appear and disappear; to change; to alternate. "The color of the king doth come and go." Shak.
(b) (Mech.) To play backward and forward. — To come at. (a) To reach; to arrive within reach of; to
gain; as, to come at a true knowledge of ourselves. (b) To come toward; to attack; as, he came at me
with fury. — To come away, to part or depart. — To come between, to intervene; to separate; hence,
to cause estrangement. — To come by. (a) To obtain, gain, acquire. "Examine how you came by
all your state." Dryden. (b) To pass near or by way of. — To come down. (a) To descend. (b) To
be humbled. — To come down upon, to call to account, to reprimand. [Colloq.] Dickens. — To
come home. (a) To return to one's house or family. (b) To come close; to press closely; to touch the
feelings, interest, or reason. (c) (Naut.) To be loosened from the ground; — said of an anchor. — To
come in. (a) To enter, as a town, house, etc. "The thief cometh in." Hos. vii. 1. (b) To arrive; as,
when my ship comes in. (c) To assume official station or duties; as, when Lincoln came in. (d) To
comply; to yield; to surrender. "We need not fear his coming in" Massinger. (e) To be brought into use.
"Silken garments did not come in till late." Arbuthnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a
part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as,
the crops come in well. (i) To have sexual intercourse; — with to or unto. Gen. xxxviii. 16. (j) To
have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come in next May. [U. S.] — To come in for, to claim or
receive. "The rest came in for subsidies." Swift. — To come into, to join with; to take part in; to agree
to; to comply with; as, to come into a party or scheme. - - To come it over, to hoodwink; to get the
advantage of. [Colloq.] — To come near or nigh, to approach in place or quality; to be equal to. "Nothing
ancient or modern seems to come near it." Sir W. Temple. — To come of. (a) To descend or
spring from. "Of Priam's royal race my mother came." Dryden. (b) To result or follow from. "This comes
of judging by the eye." L'Estrange. — To come off. (a) To depart or pass off from. (b) To get free; to
get away; to escape. (c) To be carried through; to pass off; as, it came off well. (d) To acquit one's
self; to issue from (a contest, etc.); as, he came off with honor; hence, substantively, a come-off, an escape; an
excuse; an evasion. [Colloq.] (e) To pay over; to give. [Obs.] (f) To take place; to happen; as, when
does the race come off? (g) To be or become after some delay; as, the weather came off very fine.
(h) To slip off or be taken off, as a garment; to separate. (i) To hurry away; to get through. Chaucer.
— To come off by, to suffer. [Obs.] "To come off by the worst." Calamy. — To come off from, to
leave. "To come off from these grave disquisitions." Felton. — To come on. (a) To advance; to make
progress; to thrive. (b) To move forward; to approach; to supervene. — To come out. (a) To pass out
or depart, as from a country, room, company, etc. "They shall come out with great substance." Gen. xv.
14. (b) To become public; to appear; to be published. "It is indeed come out at last." Bp. Stillingfleet.
(c) To end; to result; to turn out; as, how will this affair come out? he has come out well at last. (d) To
be introduced into society; as, she came out two seasons ago. (e) To appear; to show itself; as, the sun
came out. (f) To take sides; to take a stand; as, he came out against the tariff. — To come out with,
to give publicity to; to disclose. — To come over. (a) To pass from one side or place to another. "Perpetually
teasing their friends to come over to them." Addison. (b) To rise and pass over, in distillation.
— To come over to, to join. — To come round. (a) To recur in regular course. (b) To recover.
[Colloq.] (c) To change, as the wind. (d) To relent. J. H. Newman. (e) To circumvent; to wheedle.
[Colloq.] — To come short, to be deficient; to fail of attaining. "All have sinned and come short of
the glory of God." Rom. iii. 23. — To come to. (a) To consent or yield. Swift. (b) (Naut.) (with
the accent on to) To luff; to bring the ship's head nearer the wind; to anchor. (c) (with the accent on
to) To recover, as from a swoon. (d) To arrive at; to reach. (e) To amount to; as, the taxes come to
a large sum. (f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance. Shak. — To come to blows. See
under Blow. — To come to grief. See under Grief. —